30 Chapter 30: Aqua's IQ strikes again
For a genius, Battle was the best training.
For a 'protagonist', breaking through in battle was a matter of course.
Which protagonist did not break through once or twice in battle, counterattacked and killed several high-level enemies in battle, otherwise, it would be embarrassing to say that he was a protagonist when he went out.
Sato Hikaru originally thought that he would also have this kind of experience.
Unfortunately, as the number of rounds fought with Host increased, he found that he had thought too much.
Or perhaps, it was because he had turned on too many cheats.
In terms of combat, he started from a blank slate, being barely able to catch Host's attacks for a few rounds.
Along with the constant bout, he, being a dry sponge, was gradually filled with water until he was full.
Furthermore, along with the addition of water, his experience increased, the degree in which he could handle Host's attacks became even more relaxing, while his counterattack became faster and sharper.
As for Host who had been completely angered, not only it did not hold back, but even completely abandoned its defense to attack Sato Hikaru, with each attack becoming faster.
The two exchanged more than dozens of punches every second and were still slowly increasing until they became afterimages.
The surrounding air was being compressed by the exchanges and exploded outwards in shockwaves.
However!
Although Host was a high-level demon, compared to Sato Hikaru who was using cheat top to bottom and was a whale player, there was a limit to its explosive power.
After exchanging twenty rounds, Sato Hikaru had begun to try to counterattack, after fifty rounds, Host's speed and strength had been raised to the limit, after sixty rounds, Host began to fall into a disadvantage.
When it reached eighty rounds, the wounds on Host's body had started to increase, its whole condition had started to decline, the balance for victory had begun to tilt.
When the exchanges reached ninety, Host failed to retract his foot on time and had its right knee broken by Sato Hikaru.
From then on, Host had completely lost its possibility for victory.
Left shoulder was pierced by a punch on the ninety-third round, the right arm was broken by a kick on the 95th round, and its left leg was immediately broken by Sato Hikaru with a heavy weight drop.
"You have lost."
When Host's condition had begun to decline on the 80th round, Sato Hikaru had left his berserk state.
Sato Hikaru, who had regained his calmness, stood silently in front of Host.
Looking at the demon, whose four limbs had been broken, lying on the crater of the forest ruined by explosion magic, Sato Hikaru let out a long sigh: " Thank you for 'teaching' me how to fight, although it was not your intention."
"Ha…I never thought that a monster like you would appear…"
"Monster?"
Looking down at his pair of hands that was full of power, Sato Hikaru closed his eyes and recalled yesterday's strengthen version of himself…
"Perhaps you indeed see me as someone who is as strong as a monster, in fact, if yesterday me knew that I would grow to this point in just one battle, I would also feel that I am strong as a monster."
After carefully comparing him yesterday with his current self, Sato Hikaru finally looked up at the sky.
"Previously, I did not understand what it meant because the more you learn, the more you realize your own ignorance. But, now that I have become stronger, I have understood my own weakness…"
Shaking his head, Sato Hikaru was no longer interested in continuing this topic, and immediately looked at Host and persuaded it: "For a demon, this kind of injury should not be fatal, but now, you have been defeated."
"Similarly, I will give face to that little girl and will not kill you. As long as you give up looking for Wolbach's other body, and leave Axel, that is enough."
"Do you also know that little devil? Ha…I did not expect that I would, in the end, rely on that kid's face for survival."
"Have you not noticed?"
Seeing Host that seemed to not have realized it, Sato Hikaru, who was slightly emo just now, showed a smile and reminded it in a funny way.
"Recall carefully, don't you feel that the girl hugging Wolbach's other body looks similar to Komekko?"
"Ah…so that's the case, they are sisters."
After being reminded by Sato Hikaru, Host immediately thought of the correct answer, and said emotionally: "It seemed that both sisters are very important people."
"Indeed, the elder sister contracted the other half of the evil god's body as a familiar, while the younger sister contracted the evil god's servant as a familiar. This must be some kind of fate."
After chuckling, Sato Hikaru said seriously to Host: "so, what is your choice, continue the fight and be killed by me, or give up on Wolbach's matter and return to crimson demon village and wait for the child to grow up?"
"As the defeated, could I still have a choice, I will lea—…"
"DIVINE PURIFICATION!!!"
"Aaaahhh…why…?"
Seeing Host, who was already seriously injured, slowly melted away in pain and confusion under the sacred light, and eventually turned to dust.
Sato Hikaru actually wanted to ask, why?
The battle had finished, both sides had shaken hands and made peace, the Boss had also chosen to repent and become the next generation protagonist's familiar…
"Why!?"
Twisting his head and looking at the direction the attack came from, he saw a blue figure crawling out of the soil with a face full of dust.
"Wahaha! In the end, it was still purified by this goddess, right!"
While slapping away the soil that buried her after being blown away by the explosion magic, she was still showing off while looking at the place where Host disappeared.
"You deserve it! Demon scum like this should all just roll back to hell!"
…
"... AQUA!!!!"
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